William N. Fenton
1908 - 2005
General Information
Bio
(1908-2005) Scholar, author. William N. Fenton was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Cooperstown, New York. He was an expert on the Iroquois culture.
Full Name
William N. Fenton
Locations
Westchester
Author's Timeline
1908
BIRTH
William Nelson Fenton was born in New Rochelle, New York, on December 15, 1908.
1941
LITWORK
Tonawanda Longhouse Ceremonies: Ninety Years After Lewis Henry Morgan
Smithsonian Institution
Nonfiction.
Smithsonian Institution
Nonfiction.
1942
LITWORK
Contacts Between Iroquois Herbalism And Colonial Medicine
Nonfiction.
Nonfiction.
1950
LITWORK
The Roll Call of the Iroquois Chiefs: A Study of a Mnemonic Cane from the Six Nations Reserve
Ams Pr Inc
0404155367 / 978-0404155360
Nonfiction.
Ams Pr Inc
0404155367 / 978-0404155360
Nonfiction.
1953
LITWORK
The Iroquois Eagle Dance: An Offshoot of the Calumet Dance
United States Government Printing Office
Nonfiction.
United States Government Printing Office
Nonfiction.
1956
OTHER
Mr. Fenton became director of the New York State Museum in Albany, New York, in 1956.
1968
OTHER
Mr. Fenton taught at the State University of New York at Albany from 1968 until his retirement in 1979.
1984
LITWORK
Masked Medicine Societies Of The Iroquois
Annual report of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
Nonfiction.
Annual report of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
Nonfiction.
1987
LITWORK
The False Faces of the Iroquois
University of Oklahoma Pres
0806120398 / 978-0806120393
Nonfiction.
University of Oklahoma Pres
0806120398 / 978-0806120393
Nonfiction.
1998
LITWORK
The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois
University of Oklahoma Press
0806130032 / 978-0806130033
Nonfiction.
University of Oklahoma Press
0806130032 / 978-0806130033
Nonfiction.
2002
LITWORK
The Little Water Medicine Society of the Senecas
University of Oklahoma Press
080613447X / 978-0806134475
Nonfiction.
University of Oklahoma Press
080613447X / 978-0806134475
Nonfiction.
2005
DEATH
William N. Fenton died in Cooperstown, New York, on June 17, 2005.
2007
LITWORK
Iroquois Journey: An Anthropologist Remembers
University of Nebraska Press
0803220219 / 978-0803220218
Nonfiction.
University of Nebraska Press
0803220219 / 978-0803220218
Nonfiction.
2009
LITWORK
William Fenton: Selected Writings
University of Nebraska Press
0803216076 / 978-0803216075
Nonfiction.
University of Nebraska Press
0803216076 / 978-0803216075
Nonfiction.
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